Hello again, It doesn't seem as though this List gets much use. So I decided to pep things up a bit and repost the surnames I'd like to find out more about. My main family in chickasaw, from 1855 - 1890 or so, was the James Preston HAWKINS family. His wife dies in IL, and then he and mostly grown kids moved to chickasaw. However, my ggrandmother, Sarah, and a couple of other kids grew up there and went to school there. It seems like there should be some mention of them somewhere. All I found in the county was land records by the gross, and mention of the two boys who were in the civil War. The people the kids married were: (1) Jane MITCHELL, m. 1857, chickasaw Co., to George A. HAWKINS (2) Jeanette STRONG m. 1 OCT 1880, Chickasaw, to Joshua Davis HAWKINS (3) George SCRIPTURE, who m. 1862 to Catherine Ann HAWKINS, Chickasaw. My own ggrandmother moved on to floyd co and m. Moses BLOOD at Charles City. Hope someone recognizes some of these names and lets the list know. Thanks, Betty Sullivan Judy Matthias wrote: > > Hello, > Since I just signed on I don't have all my surname info ready yet, but > looking for MINKLER and SPEICKER in Chickasaw co, Iowa. > I live close but have only been there a few times. Seams like library > closed most of the times I have been in New Hampton. Must hit on wrong > days. Have gotten some info from there. > Anyone else looking for these names? > Judy from Plainfield, IA